Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Spy Wednesday: Wednesday of Holy Week (Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Matthew 26:14-25)

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The Wednesday of Holy Week is traditionally known as Spy Wednesday.  It is called Spy Wednesday because it is the Wednesday before the fatef...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Return to the Jordan River: Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent (Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7; John 10:31-42)

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I find it fitting that our Gospel reading for the last Friday of Lent has Jesus going back across the Jordan to the place where He was bapti...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Christian Mysticism: Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent (Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22; Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30)

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Theosis is a core concept in Christian mysticism, but it is a concept that we do not often talk about in the Roman Church.  It is a topic th...
Friday, March 13, 2026

The Cedars of Lebanon: Friday of the Third Week of Lent (Hosea 14:2-10; Psalm 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17; Mark 12:28-34)

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The Cedars of Lebanon are referenced dozens of times across Scripture.  But, we rarely ever discuss what makes the Cedars of Lebanon so spec...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

To Suffer with Him: Thursday of the Third Week of Lent (Jeremiah 7:23-28; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 11:14-23)

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This month, Archbishop Lori says, “As fallible humans, our strength and resolve sometimes collapse into weakness. May we always seek the cou...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Idol of Relationship: Friday of the Second Week of Lent (Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Psalm 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46)

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Our first reading gives us several examples of codependency that can exist within the family.  The favoritism of Israel toward Joseph.  The ...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Restitutio Pro Reatus Poenae: Friday of the First Week of Lent (Ezekiel 18:21-28; Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8; Matthew 5:20-26)

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Last year, during Lent, we introduced the concept of reatus poenae . If you recall, reatus poenae is the concept that the impacts and conseq...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Tempered through Fasting: Friday after Ash Wednesday (Isaiah 58:1-9a; Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matthew 9:14-15)

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Last year, my homily for the Friday after Ash Wednesday set the table for the Christian discipline of Fasting.  We said: The practice of fa...